“Dreams aren't deferred. They don't just get deferred, either. Someone defers them. You defer them. You make a choice and put off something you dream of doing. "A dream deferred" is a copout, an escape from blame.”
“A dream deferred is a dream denied.”
“What happens to a dream deferred? / Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?”
“We defer to authority figures because they are supposed to know more than we do. If a mistake is made, it's easy to lay the blame at their feet. Ultimately, however, we are responsible for choosing the authority figure we defer to. Choosing to defer to one who urges aggression against others still puts the responsibility on us.”
“What is deferred is not avoided.”
“He was begining to defer his problems in the hope that death would resolve them .”